Examination of the history of water management and sustainability in Latin America. Students participate in a hands-one research project in Coastal Lowland Ecuador investigating the social, political, and economic forces surrounding water management and the role of the engineer and the historian/social scientist in the support of sustainable water management practices.

Examination of the history of biology, plant sciences, paleobotany, botany, and evolutionary theory.

Series Editor, History and Philosophy of Biology, Pickering and Chatto Ltd.

Member, Committee on Education, History of Science Society (2012-2016)

Member, Committee on Research in the Profession, History of Science Society 2010-2012

Chair and Ex-Officio, GECC (Graduate and Early Career Caucus, History of Science Society (2007-2010)

Co-Vice President, IHAN (International Health Awareness Network), NGO affiliated with the Economic and Social Council and the Department of Public Information, United Nations.

"Water Resources Management in Coastal Ecuador: An Historical Assessment of Environmental Sustainability and Power, 1950-2000" Paper was presented as part of a panel, "Between the Park and Shantytown: Latin American Cities and the Environment during the Twentieth Century" American Society for Environmental History, 3-6 April, 2013.

"Under the Microscope: Mary Ward, Matilda Knowles, and Sydney Mary Thompson Christen. Three Irish Ladies of the Laborator" Paper to be presented as part of a session, "Experts, Collectors, and Credit" at the Joint Meeting of the HSS/PSA, 15-18 November, 2012, San Diego, CA.

"More than 'Waifs and Strays of a by-gone Flora: The History of Paleobotany and its Relevance for Twenty-First Century Science" Paper presented at the Introductory Symposium, Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science, 28 September, 2012.